there are two issues here, chuck, the fiscal and financial issues, the debt ceiling, the automatic cuts, i won't say the "s" word, automatic cuts set to go into effect here. he's got to confront those issues, and how is that going to impact gun control, immigration, is stuff he wants to pursue but he wants to really go after in 2013? he's not going to have the capital to do that until he gets a solution, some kind of a deal on these big fiscal issues hanging over the congress. that's going to be the real story of the first six months of his second term is what do we do on the fiscal issues, can he get some kind of a grand bargain. are there enough tom coles in the congress. that's very much an open topic. >> who does he negotiate with? you know, it's been -- and, you know, i know that people have given the president all sorts of advice. you should work around the leadership. no, no, no. you need to spend more time with the leadership. wi lbj and dirksen got drunk every night. maybe not every night. >> you never know. >> that's not going to be mitch mcconnell and barack obama. but i'm mu